Growth, water relations and solute accumulation in osmotically stressed seedlings of the tropical tree Colophospermum mopane

Tree Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 713-718

  Johnson, J M ^a,b   Pritchard, J ^a,c   Gorham, J ^a   Tomos, A D ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

osmotic stress; pinitol; root elongation; solute accumulation; turgor pressure; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE;

EID: 0029902843     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/16.8.713     Document Type: Article

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